Tastes

1.14.22 Served: Neat Aroma: Nutty cookies, almond extract, maple syrup. Flavor: Starts light and fruity like dried orange peel (not orange oil). Mids as strawberry jam and light rhubarb. Finishes like maple syrup and pear.

1.14.22 Served: Neat Side by side with Faccia Bruto Centerbe Aroma: Crushed mint (chlorophyll heavy) and light basil and fennel. Certainly thicker and sweeter than FC Centerbe. Flavor: Fruity up front, with bergamot pear, and plum. Mids as gentle spearmint, fennel, and chamomile. Finishes like altoids (pure mint, feels powdery somehow).

1.14.21 Served: Neat Bottle Open: 6Mo-1Yr Side by side with chartreuse Aroma: Mostly fennel, some basil and oregano notes. Very savory and "green" compared to the minty and aqueous nature of chartreuse. Flavor: Mouthfeel is thinner. Starts with cardamom and fresh spices. Finishes with fennel and a bitterness leads into anise left on the tongue.

1.3.22 Served: Neat Bottle Open: 3 Months Aroma: Mainly earthy, with some dried fruit and mint. Smells like a dash of fernet added to cynar. Flavor: Medium bodied. Starts like spiceless ginger. Mids with menthol/cough drop, candied orange, and earthiness. Tasted more like minty cynar when sitting on the tongue, and more like powdered candies (smarties, pez) when aerated throughout the mouth. Finishes like powdery smarties candy as well. Overall very easy drinking and has a manageable level of sweetness.

1.2.22 Served: Neat Aroma: Molasses, fig, panettone (raisin, cinnamon, bread) proofy spice cabinet. After aroma fatigue, the honey becomes evident (clover or orange blossom). Taste: Starts syrupy sweet with maple syrup or honey. Mids as simple raisin. Finishes with lingering sweetness, bitterness, and a burn that is either proof or spice. Aftertaste and bitterness level are close to fernet. Overall impression: Dried fruit, honey, fernet.

1.1.21 Aroma: Orange and grapefruit peels, savory grain alcohol. Flavor: Starts as orange and vanilla. Mids as syrupy baking cocoa. Finishes like angostura bitters with gentian and clove. Very easy to drink neat or rocks. Gets drowned out by whiskey in a manhattan or by a 2:1:1 gin sour (lemon). Might be suited to a martinez.